100 Surprising Flexible and Remote Jobs

If you didn’t realize these 100 surprising flexible and remote jobs were a real possibility, you’re not alone! Lots of misconceptions still exist about exactly what people who work from home, or have a lot of flexibility at work, do all day. That’s why we at FlexJobs compiled this list of 100 truly surprising flexible jobs—to show people the huge variety of professional-level, REAL flexible jobs that exist.

The types of jobs that make up our list include remote jobs, freelance contracts, jobs that offer flexible or alternative schedules, and part-time jobs. Fifty of the jobs are hiring NOW, and 50 of them are historical jobs. We wanted to showcase the most surprising flexible and remote jobs ever found by our team of job researchers over the last seven years.

Here’s a sample of 10 of the 100 most surprising flexible and remote jobs hiring NOW:

The companies offering these surprising flexible and remote jobs come from all industries, and include small, mid-sized, and large corporations and organizations. Here’s just a small sample of the employers that embrace work flexibility in surprising ways:

Here’s how to start your search for a flexible job:

Are you looking for a flexible or remote job? Our research team spends almost 60 hours a day, combined, searching for flexible jobs. They screen every single job posting they come across to weed out scams, ads, and too-good-to-be-true “business opportunities.” And the jobs posted to FlexJobs represent the best of the best in terms of flexible and remote job listings.